Lyrics of Nicht Wandle, Mein Licht (Liebeslieder Walzer Op. 52, No. 17) - Kurt Elling, Иоганнес Брамс

Nicht Wandle, Mein Licht (Liebeslieder Walzer Op. 52, No. 17) (original)

Nicht wandle / mein Licht,
dort außen / Im Flurbereich!
Die Füße würden dir / die zarten / zu naß / zu weich.
All überströmt sind dort die Wege / die Stege dir;
So überreichlich tränte dorten / das Auge mir.
Don’t Wander, My Light
Don’t wander, my light,
Don’t go walking in the fields!
Your lovely feet would get too wet;
too soft.
All the roads are flooded there,
And all the paths too.
..
So overwhelming have been the tears that flowed from my eyes.

(translation)

Do not wander / my light,
out there / in the hallway area!
Your feet would be / the delicate / too wet / too soft.
All overflowed are the ways / the footbridges for you;
So abundantly there / my eyes watered.
Don't Wander, My Light
Don't wander, my light,
Don't go walking in the fields!
Your lovely feet would get too wet;
too soft.
All the roads are flooded there,
And all the paths too.
..
So overwhelming have been the tears that flowed from my eyes.